To be fair, people hardly ever talk just about their gambling experience, because, usually, there's not much to talk about. There needs to be something interesting to spark any discussion, i.e. some huge win or loss, some special event etc. So if we were to limit the discussion purely to gambling, this thread would hardly ever be bumped to the top page.
I mean if the campaign really is inactive, there's really nothing to talk about and it's insane to bump the thread just to remind people that the casino is inactive. Totally agree that if we want to spark any interest or discussion in the gambling thread, the said gambling thread should consider promotions or bonuses but it's Bitvest.io, they've been on this platform for a long time, no need for bonuses to spark discussions, just coming back from a long slumber would definitely be enough.
I won't totally agree with your assertion here, i know that like you said, Bitvest started from this forum and have had its history and popularity tied to this forum, they have been away for quit a long time now which i believe the very many of us gamblers on this forum already know, and good thing now that they are back, they already re-relaunched their signature advertisement campaign to announce to the entire forum of their presence again.
Now, no matter how popular a casino is, they still need to engage their customers in one way or the other, and one of such ways is through promotions and maybe some events which could have their customers winning some prizes, this is another good form of marketing as well, example of casino doing this is Roobet, such an activity can make a gambler who was not even ready to play on the casino to change their mind and join in the fun, most especially when they see some of their friends in it as well.
Ive always said it here that marketing is expensive, and marketing doesn't have to be in one direction, the more, the high the expenditures, but the better as well. And i mean calculated marketing.